Summary: This sermon expounds the truths from this passage of scripture. It shoots an arrow at the use of our tongues. It speaks to the professor’s tongue, the tongue of the populace, and the problem tongue.

Today a review of a movie might well say it contains adult language. This designation warns one of the use of profanity. The language is not so much adult as it is gutter language.

Adult Language Includes Words Like, Character! Integrity! Commitment! Forgiveness! Sacrifice! Determination! Moral Values! Sexual Purity! and Love. The text today speaks to us concerning the use of the tongue in an Adult manner..

1. Adult Language and the . . Professor’s Tongue.

2. Adult Language and the . . Populace’s Tongue.

3. Adult Language and the . . Problem Tongue.

1. Adult Language and the . . Professor’s Tongue. v 1

1} Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we shall incur a

And He said to His disciples, "It is inevitable that stumbling blocks should come, but woe to him through whom they come! {2} "It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

ILLUSTRATION

When I studied at Southern Illinois University In Edwardsville Illinois I had a unique experience in the cafeteria. A person sat down at my table and we began to talk. He asked what my major was. I said "I am a speech major." He then asked if I planned to teach and I responded "no I am a minister and plan to go from here to seminary." I related that the church I pastored had a parsonage in which I lived and they allowed me to attend college.

This young man asked "can I get a job like that?" I hid my laughter and then said "well maybe; are you saved?" He then asked "saved from what?" At that point I knew he was to eager to enter the ministry. I further related to him concerning salvation but he was not interested.

APPLICATION

Do you know the average Baptist pastor preaches at least 100 times a year? He is expected to have something fresh on Sunday Morning, Sunday Night and on many Wednesday nights. Those sermons equal a chapter each so he will produce 10 books of 10 chapters each. Occasionally there will be a bad chapter and maybe even a book that is not outstanding.

You should not rush into the ministry of preaching or teaching but enter only after being sure of the Lord’s call.

2. Adult Language and the general . . Populace Tongue. v 2

{2} For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a